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BILL-FILE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 8, 1909.

Application filed March 12, 1909. Serial No. 483,068.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN HERBsT, a citi- Zen of the United States, andresident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bill-Files, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bill files.

The object of the invention is to produce a billfile capable of beingpacked flat in small and convenient compass, which has a hook capable ofbeing set and firmly held at right angles to a plate that carries it.

A further object of the invention is to pro duce a bill file that ischeap and is easy to keep in stock completely made up ready forattachment to any suitable object.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is an elevation of a bill file embodying thisinvention shown in the flat or folded position; Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the same device with the parts in the same position as inFig. 1 Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same device showing the parts inthe set position in which the bill hook is held at right angles to itssupporting plate; and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same parts shownin Fig. 1 in the same position.

The bill file in question may be attached to any suitable object, but inthe drawings forming part of this application it is shown attached to aplate 1 which may be of card board, metal, wood, or other suitablematerial, and which may have a perforation provided, if desired, with aneyelet 2 for the purpose of hanging the plate upon a nail or hook. It isobvious that the plate 1 may bear any suitable ornamentation orinscription, as occasion may demand. The device is capable ofapplication to extremely cheap bill files, in which case the plate 1 isan ordinary piec e of-card board having upon it inscriptions orornamentations, frequently for advertising purposes.

The bill file proper consists of a base plate 3 which is attached to theobject carrying the bill file. When the same is attached to a thinplate, it may be attached by eyelets 4 passing through perforations inthe plates 1 and 3. To the plate 3 is hinged a second plate 5, which maybe called the hook carrying plate. This has a bearing 6 in which liesthe shank 7 of the hook 8, and in which said shank is rotatable withoutbeing longitudinally movable therein. A slightlongitudinal movement maybe permissible, but has no functional object. In the present embodimentof the invention the bearing 6 is formed by folding the portions of theplate 5 into a tube which surrounds the shank 7. In the plate 5,continuous with the bearing 6, is a groove having a lateral projection10, in which may lie a lateral projection 9 on the upper end of theshank 7 of the hook. This projection 9 in the embodiment of theinvention shown herein is at right angles to the plane of the hook.

The hinged parts 3 and 5 are hinged together in any suitable way, but aconvenient and very cheap mode is shown in the drawings, in which slots11 parallel to the hinge are out near the edge of one of the plates as3, and tongues 12 on the other of the plates (as plate 5) are passedthrough the slots 11 and folded around the portion of the metal betweenthe slot and the edge of the plate, thus forming a hinge whereby theplate 5 may vibrate with reference to the plate 3. The hinge axis is atright angles to the axis of rotation of the shank 7 in its bearing 6.

On the plate 3 are engaging projections 13, which engage and retain theplate 5, when the latter is folded against the plate 3 by jammingagainst shoulders 14 on the last mentioned plate, as shown in Figs. 3and 4; and thus the hinged plates are retained in the closed position.

The operation of the device is as follows If the hinge is opened, themovable leaf or plate 5 lies against the plate 1 and the hook 8 ies flatupon the surface of said plate, with the projection 9 extending at rightangles to said late. In this position of the parts the bill h e and itssupport are in the most compact position for storage or fortransportation. If the bill hook is to be set in the filing position,said hook is first turned from the position shown in Fig. 1 until theplane of the hook isat right angles to the leaf 5, and then theprojection 9 is turned and rests in the lateral portion 1.0 of thegroove in said leaf 5. Then, maintaining this position of the hook, theleaf 5 is turned on the hinge, until it engages and is held by thetongues 13. In this position, the projection 9 is held firmly againstthe plate 3 and in the groove 9, and the hook cannot be turned from itsset or filing position without disengaging the plate 5- from the tongues13. In this set or film position of the parts, the hook 8, under alordinary use or strains, cannot be turned in the bearing 6, nor can itbe moved longitudinally in said bearing, beeause the projection 9 isheld in the lateral portion 10 of the groove. To change the bill filefrom the set or filing position to the compact or storage position, thehook may be used as a lever to disengage the plate 5 from the tongues13, and then the parts may be moved and. the hook turned to the positionshown in Fig. 1. It is, however, an easy Way to disen age the leaf 5from the tongues 13 by merelyturning the hookin the right direetion, sothat the projection 9 by this rotation presses against the plate 3, andthus forces the two leaves 5 3 and 5 apart.

What 1 claim is 1. In a bill hook, two hinge leaves one of which has abearing for a hook shank a bill hook rotatably held in said hearing andhaving a lateral projection adapted to lie against said leaf; and meansfor fastening the leaves together With said projection between them.

2. in a bill hook, two hinge leaves one of which has a bearing for ahook shank and a groove adj aeent to the bearing and having a laterallyextending portion; a bill hook ro- 5 tatably held in said bearing andhaving a lateral pro ection from its shank adapted to he i l l l l i i ll l i l l l in said lateral portion of said groove, and means forfastening the leaves together with said projection between them.

3. In a bill hook, two hinge leaves one of which has a slot and theother a tongue passed through the slot and around the edge of the lirstleaf; a bearing for a hook shank on one leaf; a bill hook rotatably heldin said bearing and having a lateral projertion adapted to lie againstsaid leaf; and means for fastening the leaves together with saidprojection between them.

4. In a bill hook, two hinge leaves, one of which has a slot and theother a tongue passed through the slot and around the edge of the firstleal, one hinge leai having a hearing for a hook shank and a groove adjaeent to the bearing and having a laterally ext ending portion; a billhook rotatably held in said bearing and having a lateral projer' tionfrom its shank adapted to lie in said lateral portion of said groove;and means for fastening the'leaves together with siid projeetion betweenthem.

MAHTl N H E H B S'l. l' fitnesses:

D. GURNIJE, L. THON.

